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+ | ===Webster's Dictionary definitions=== | ||
+ | #An original model on which something is patterned. | ||
+ | #An individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type. | ||
+ | #A standard or typical example. | ||
+ | #A first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction (as an airplane). | ||
− | 1 | + | ===Dictionary.com's definitions [1 exception]=== |
+ | #An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard for later stages. | ||
+ | #An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product. | ||
+ | #An early, typical example. | ||
− | + | ===Oxford's Dictionary definitions=== | |
+ | #A first or preliminary form from which other forms are developed or copied. | ||
+ | #A typical example of something. | ||
− | + | ===Encarta.com Dictionary definitions [1 exception]=== | |
− | + | #Original used as model: something having the essential features of a subsequent type, and on which later forms are modeled. | |
− | + | #Standard example: a standard example of a particular kind, class, or group. | |
− | + | #Full-size functional model: a first full-size functional model to be manufactured, for example, of a car or a machine. | |
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Revision as of 14:17, 27 January 2005
Contents
Dictionary Definitions
Webster's Dictionary definitions
- An original model on which something is patterned.
- An individual that exhibits the essential features of a later type.
- A standard or typical example.
- A first full-scale and usually functional form of a new type or design of a construction (as an airplane).
Dictionary.com's definitions [1 exception]
- An original type, form, or instance serving as a basis or standard for later stages.
- An original, full-scale, and usually working model of a new product or new version of an existing product.
- An early, typical example.
Oxford's Dictionary definitions
- A first or preliminary form from which other forms are developed or copied.
- A typical example of something.
Encarta.com Dictionary definitions [1 exception]
- Original used as model: something having the essential features of a subsequent type, and on which later forms are modeled.
- Standard example: a standard example of a particular kind, class, or group.
- Full-size functional model: a first full-size functional model to be manufactured, for example, of a car or a machine.